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bottomland

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Recent Examples of bottomland Whitmer, in November 2020, sent notice of her intention to revoke the state's 1953 easement with the company allowing the pipelines underwater on the Straits of Mackinac bottomlands. — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 17 Dec. 2025 The Parkers were one of the first families to occupy the bottomland near the north bank of the Trinity River before the Johnson family founded Mosier Valley, according to Pointer. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025 As one of the largest intact stretches of old-growth bottomland hardwood forests, Congaree National Park is marvelous in any season. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025 Mike was in a bottomland tree stand ahead of us, near the edge of the property. — Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bottomland

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More than 120 firefighters have been on site tackling the blaze at Dunwich Heath, an area of coastal lowland in the east of England, since the fire broke out on Wednesday.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 30 July 2026
As well as Shusha, Azerbaijan had recaptured the entire lowlands, seven districts that had been crumbling undisturbed for three decades.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

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By then, firefighters had begun to arrive as flames spread across the dry grasslands and the family hurried to evacuate.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Crews using bulldozers and helicopters continued for a 10th day to fight a fire that has burned nearly 525 square miles (about 1,360 square kilometers) of grassland in western Idaho and eastern Oregon.

— John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

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Skall Studio is a mainstay on the Copenhagen Fashion Week schedule, best known for its billowing cotton prairie dresses, chic linen suits, and cozy woolen sweaters.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026
Davis’s journey to San Jose began on his parents’ farm in Osage County, a land of hills, prairies and the Osage Nation.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

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Throughout the trip, travelers will have the opportunity to see the Great Migration, explore expansive savanna views, enjoy a helicopter flight over the famed Victoria Falls, go stargazing in the Namib Desert, spot lemurs in Madagascar, and more.

— Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026
But just like on a coral reef or savanna, eliminating predators threw the entire ecosystem out of whack.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2026

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And while Brooks Falls offers a front-row seat to their annual salmon feast, bears turn up throughout the park—digging for clams on windswept beaches, lumbering across open tundra, and prowling the banks of remote rivers.

— Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026
Around the dozens of containers that make Toolik the US’s largest research station in the Arctic, musk ox and caribou graze on dwarf birches and fragrant labrador tea, while Arctic ground squirrels pop out of their burrows to survey the tundra.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

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Eastern box turtles are native to New Jersey, and tend to prefer to live near woodlands and meadows, according to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Blumstein came up with the idea for the OnlyFans account while sitting in a meadow, waiting for marmots to appear and pondering the state of scientific funding for his work.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

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